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By PTI –<\/p>\n

Renewing her demand that Sri Lankan airmen should not be trained anywhere in India, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Friday lambasted her arch rival and DMK president M Karunanidhi for not \u201cexerting pressure\u201d on the Centre on the issue despite being a key ally of the UPA.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIf Karunanidhi who claims himself to be the leader of Tamils has any real concern for the welfare of Tamils, he should have pressurised the central government to send back the Sri Lankan Airmen immediately,\u201d she said in a release here.<\/p>\n

But it was no surprise that Mr. Karunanidhi \u201cwho possesses the skill of coercing the Centre whenever he or his family members were affected\u201d did not do so for the welfare of Sri Lankan Tamils, she said.<\/p>\n

She said Mr. Karunanidhi gave a vague answer when he was asked by reporters about his response if the Sri Lankan personnel were imparted training in some other part of the country.<\/p>\n

She recalled her stiff opposition and that of the \u201cTamil people\u201d to the training programme for eight Sri Lankan Air Force (SLAF) personnel at an Indian Air Force base here which prompted the government to shift them to Bangalore.<\/p>\n

Ms. Jayalalithaa said she had then demanded that they should not be trained on Indian soil at all.<\/p>\n

Attacking the Centre, she accused it of submitting itself to the Sri Lankan Government.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is regrettable that instead of acting like a tiger, the mighty Indian Government is behaving like a mouse before the tiny Sri Lankan Government. I once again insist that the Sri Lankan personnel be sent back immediately,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Besides Ms. Jayalalithaa and Mr. Karunanidhi, leaders of various other parties in the state have opposed the training of Sri Lankan airmen on the ground that it was an \u201cinsult\u201d to the Tamils in view of allegations of war crimes faced by Colombo.<\/p>\n

The Hindu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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